Toxteth Library : Windsor Street, Toxteth Liverpool

Red brick and stone trim.  Symmetrical to Windsor Street, with two big Venetian windows under gables with obelisks, the main entrance with a far projecting hood. Small cupola above.  Two more Venetian windows to Upper Parliament Street.  The former reading room (north side) contains a mural by W. Alison Martin and Clinton Balmer, an allegory with Knowledge enthroned; also a copper plaque in Celtic Art Nouveau style by C. E. Thompson, commemorating the opening by Andrew Carnegie.

Reference    Pevsner county: Lancashire: South
Reference    Sharples, "Liverpool" (2004)